On March 23rd, the top public high school boys and girls from North Carolina and South
Carolina will face off during the Carolinas Classic All-Star Basketball Games at John T. Hoggard
High School in Wilmington.

“We are honored to have the best high school basketball student-athletes from our states
come to Wilmington to not only compete at a high level in their respective games, but to be
involved in outreach activities that touch youth and adults in the community,” said Shell Dula
and Phil Weaver, executive directors of the South Carolina and North Carolina Coaches’
Associations, respectively.

Tickets to the games will be available in March for purchase online and are $10 for adults and
$5 for children and students. Proceeds from the event will benefit Access of Wilmington
comprised of the Miracle League, Project SOAR, and Access FIT.

The North Carolina Coaches Association, established in 1948, exists to promote and improve
athletics in North Carolina public schools and to foster high standards of ethics and
sportsmanship. Likewise, the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association was founded in 1946
with a mission to promote, protect, and teach the student athletes of South Carolina through
effective leadership and professional development of coaches. Both organizations have over
6,000 members each. Since 1998, the two associations have partnered to host the Carolinas
Classic All-Star Basketball Games. The event features the top senior basketball players from
North and South Carolina in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions.

About House of Raeford Farms
House of Raeford Farms, Inc. is one of the nation’s top ten largest chicken processors, providing
ready-to-cook and further processed chicken products to the foodservice, retail, and export
markets. The company is family-owned and operated and based out of Rose Hill, North Carolina
with additional facilities in Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina. House of
Raeford Farms FLOCK is the company’s non-profit arm with a mission to help people in the
communities in which House of Raeford operates through youth development, hunger relief
and other programs.